Sharman's 'Great Eastern Railway locomotive drawings' - contents question

[Alex TM]

Hi everyone,

 

Recently I have come across a number of copies of this book via the usual online retailers:

 

THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY - PART ONE - Selection of 7mm Locomotive Drawings
SHARMAN M

ISBN 10: 0853613311 / ISBN 13: 9780853613312

Published by Oakwood Press, UK, 1987

 

What I cannot find is a list of the locomotives covered; can anyone help out?

 

I am particularly interested to know if it contains illustrations of the smaller 0-6-0T classes, and the tram engines.

 

Thanks and regards,

 

Alex.

[Steamport Southport]

Best place to get it is direct from Stenlake, unless you can find it for less.

 

https://stenlake.co.uk/book_publishing/?page_id=131&ref=971&section=

 

Beware though, it's only side elevations take from old engineering magazines rather than "modellers" drawings.

 

 

Best source for the tram engines was the drawings in the MRC Annual. ISTR it also had the carriages.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Model-Railway-Constructor-Annual-1986/dp/0711015082/ref=sr_1_12?keywords=model+railway+constructor&qid=1638122460&s=books&sr=1-12

 

 

Jason

[Bucoops]

Try here

 

https://www.gersociety.org.uk/index.php/files-emporium-home/lg-scale-drawings-by-john-gardner

 

[Nick Holliday]

15 hours ago, Alex TM said:

Hi everyone,

 

Recently I have come across a number of copies of this book via the usual online retailers:

 

THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY - PART ONE - Selection of 7mm Locomotive Drawings
SHARMAN M

ISBN 10: 0853613311 / ISBN 13: 9780853613312

Published by Oakwood Press, UK, 1987

 

What I cannot find is a list of the locomotives covered; can anyone help out?

 

I am particularly interested to know if it contains illustrations of the smaller 0-6-0T classes, and the tram engines.

 

Thanks and regards,

 

Alex.

This is the contents page, with 0-6-0 side tanks highlighted.

No W&U trams or the J67/8/9 types, as far as I can tell.  Probably would have been in Part 2 if that had ever appeared.

[Alex TM]

Hi everyone,

 

Many thanks for those helpful responses.  With the information supplied I can now judge whether or not the book will be of use or interest to me.

 

The links will be followed up on, particularly the MRC and GERS ones.

 

Nick, thanks for the scan of the contents page as it's exactly what I was looking for.

Again, many thanks for your time and knowledge.

 

Regards,

 

Alex.

[Pint of Adnams]

I think that these are reprints from a long-running series of drawings produced by a gentlemen named Buckle that accompanied articles in the Locomotive Magazine. The GER Society has the articles and drawings available in its Files Emporium, the drawings only are here: LM007 The Artwork from LM001-LM006 (gersociety.org.uk) whilst that page also links to the series of articles.

Edited December 5, 2021 by Pint of Adnams